Legal Opinion
Lu Ann Knapp v. Protective Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1991No. 89-3760PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Carl J. Knapp slipped off the rock from which he was fishing and was drowned in the swirling waters of the Diversion River during a trip to Canada on June 14, 1988. Only one month before, Mr. Knapp had decided to change life insurers. The outcome of this case depends in great part on how contemporaneous these two events really were. By June 14, Mr. Knapp’s new insurer had .already issued a policy on his life, but the paperwork surrounding the cancellation and surrender of the earlier policy was still incomplete. His wife and beneficiary of both policies, Lu Ann Knapp,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Just v. Land Reclamation Ltd.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1990
- Glens Falls Insurance v. Founders' InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- The Mercantile National Bank At Dallas v. The Franklin Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Franklin v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Taxter v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1986
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- Flood v. Midland National Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994